DAI Winning on Dallas Housing Code Rewrite
With City Council signalling support for significant reforms in the Dallas rental housing code, Dallas Morning News gave kudos to Dallas Area Interfaith for keeping “these issues on the council’s radar and set[ting] the stage for many of the most important tweaks in the code.” For the first time, the Dallas code would require inspections of the insides of single-family rentals and more frequent inspections of multi-family housing complexes.
Towards that end, the city manager’s proposed budget calls for hiring 15 additional code enforcement officers to handle the expanded responsibilities.
Read moreBishop Olson of Ft. Worth Congratulates North Texas IAF
In a letter addressed to ACT, AMOS, WeCAN and DAI, Catholic Bishop Michael Olson offered his congratulations to the organizations for their impact over the decades. Specifically, he mentioned:
- passage of a payday lending ordinance in the City of Arlington
- work with a local public hospital to expand access to a clinic program
- leveraging of funds for city-wide after-school programming
Bishop Olson ended the letter with words of encouragement towards "improving the lives of the people of the Diocese of Fort Worth and Texas."